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śīta

weiß

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Senses

1. سِتَ-

weiß

2. śiṭ

śiṭ (also written siṭ) cl. 1. P. śeṭati, to despise, Dhātup. ix, 16.

3. śīt

śīt onomat. (also written sīt) a sound made by drawing in the breath (to express any sudden thrill of pleasure or pain and esp. pleasurable sensations during sexual enjoyment).

4. śīta

śīta mf(ā)n. ( fr. śyai; cf. śīna) cold, cool, chilly, frigid (with ind.p. of √ kṛ either śītaṃkṛtya, or kṛtvā, g. sA kzA di ), RV. &c. &c.

5. siṭ

siṭ ( cf. √ śiṭ) cl. 1. P. seṭati, to despise, Dhātup. ix, 16.

6. سِتَ

3. sita mf(ā)n. ( prob. formed fr. asita as sura fr. asura; for 1. and 2. sita See p. 1213, col. 1 ; for 4. See √ 1. so) white, pale, bright, light (said of a day in the light half of a month and of the waxing moon), MBh. ; Kāv. &c.

7. sītā

sītā f. (less correctly written śītā; cf. sīman, sīra) a furrow, the track or line of a ploughshare (also personified, and apparently once worshipped as a kind of goddess resembling Pomona; in RV. iv, 57, 6 , Sītā is invoked as presiding over agriculture or the fruits of the earth; in VS. xii, 69 -

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Authority pointers, pending review

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  • Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) vol. 3, scan pp. 526-527; entry #5674 Review: Under source audit

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